Tony K
It is with a sad heart that I see that Tony K is or has left chanel 7. Ok, for reals, I understand the genre within which you make a living. But, does that mean you can’t tell the truth or wouldn’t know it if it hit you square in the head? May the road come up to meet you, hard enough to cause a bleed. Preferably, debilitating.
VERITAS-OUT!!
Me, Being upbeat
Now, as many of you may know, I can at times be a bit of a downer, or at least not all chipper and shit. I have a somewhat skewed view of shit. This however is about the best thing I have ever seen talked about in the state legislature. I’ll follow it up with, ABOUT.FUCKING.TIME!! Do the right thing, regardless of party.
Updated–>Seriously, these morons at Colfax and Broadway will drone on about some other bill at some time or another ”saving lives.” This one will in fact do so and at what cost? Almost nothing. Seattle/Washington State used to do this and combined with AED’s had at one time a better save rate than what I hear Denver has. Imagine how much better it could be? By the way, why am I not hearing any of the IAFF locals yelling from the rooftops about this? Oh, sorry they are a labor organization and aren’t really interested in patient care.. My Bad.
Vertas-OUT!
Confirmation please?
I got an email from a friend/acquaintance recently telling me that a certain Assistant Deputy Chief has as his background image on his computer, a photo with him and the President. Really? I have also heard he has some “participation badges” from the DNC, wherein I heard he earned a nickname in line with his apparent inclination to be photographed with VIP’s. Please let me know it you have seen this or the badge display. Photo’s would be wonderful. I promise anonymity.
Veritas-OUT!!!!
Well color me shocked…
… in Philadelphia they have one of those FireBasedEMS models we hear so much about. You know, like DFD or more appropriately the 858 always seems to want to implement. From this article the line that best sums up the entirety of the Fire Service-> “‘resistant to change,’ and was critical of a management structure that ‘tends to reinforce the status quo.’” No friggin DUH! and more…
The apparent linchpin of the strategy would be beefing up the role and number of paramedics, many of whom now suffer from low morale and feel “exhausted and defeated.”
The study says paramedics should be cross-trained as firefighters and should be available to assist “fire suppression needs.”
Overall, the department now does a good job responding to and fighting fires, according to the study, but falls below national standards for responding to medical emergencies.
“Firefighters do not place the same importance on these calls as on fire calls,” the report said.
Again, can I get a dull, shock and surprise face please? Wait, you mean that in Philly, as well as St. Lious, San Fran, Chicago etc they don’t actually train the paramedics when they “incorporate” take over the EMS agency? You mean to tell me the merger take over didn’t improve response times and that the Fire department seemingly only cares about Fire responses? Shocked I tell you, shocked.
Oh and this ruling makes it pretty clear about the status of Paramedics in the PFD.
Veritas-OUT!
Been Busy
Let’s start with Detroit. My god what a fucking mess of a city, from top to bottom. You may have seen the video released around the first of the year. Now while some of the noise found here is indeed gunshots, a larger portion are also firecrackers. As to the former this phenomena is not unique to The Motor City. Hell, I recall at least once in the ’90′s a child in Denver getting hit by a bullet returning to earth. It always cracks me up when I see the jabbering Muslims shooting their AK’s into the air. Isaac Newton got hit in the head by an apple that fell to the earth. Other than size the big difference is that a bullet leaves a gun anywhere from 900 Ft/sec-2000+ ft/sec. Gravity, being the weakest of the natural forces, still is a bitch. If, shot straight up, it hits back on earth with same velocity. It is gonna leave a mark. Now, knowing all this, the medics in Detroit choose to sit in their bus, rather than take refuge in the the parking structure. All this seems kind of Odd, since a map of Detroit doesn’t show any intersection of Ford street and Dragoon. Also, left unmentioned in this video, or this one, is that Wisam Zieneh is the President of the Detroit EMS union. Think he has an agenda? The reporter is a kick though. Since it is acknowledged that Detroit is broke, just how does he, or the union president propose all the stuff they want be paid for?
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Individual Collective
Paging Mr. Orwell, Mr. Orwell please respond to the RED courtesy phone. Really, “individual collective.” You cannot make this shit up. the rest is just as funny and the last request “creative, exciting or funny additions,” reminds me of one time at band camp. Oh and just so we’re clear, watch the content of the photos you post. HIPAA is a very strict thingy.
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,200 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people.
It is about the patient experience
Patient experience. As someone who works at two different hospitals, and have visited many more, I am curious why Denver Health continues to block Facebook? Yea, I know that there is potential for employees to use it, but you know a large portion of your customers/patients will as well.
Nice article…
…about Poudre Valley EMS and their new Bike team. But, as we know, treatment doesn’t mean an ambulance, a physical vehicle capable of moving patients. Just ask the IAFF or Chanel 7.
Veritas-OUT!!
I must be getting old
Seriously, it has takne me this long to figure out a way to include the word Felch into the IAFF? Keerist. I feel like a retard.
So, in the spirit of giving, since it is fast approaching that time of year, I propose a contest of sorts. Let’s see who can come up with the most imaginative use of the word feltch and all its connotations in the acronym for the International Association of Fire Fighters.
I’ll go first with an obvious one- International Association of Farting Felchers.
International Association of Fellating Feltchers.
Please post yours in comments and I will approve them all..
